London Olympics: A Look At The Tat On Sale In Heathrow Airport
LONDON Olympics 2012: The Tat is on sale in a shop of its own at Heathrow Airport’s, Terminal 5. There, you can buy mugs, key fobs, pens, pencils, a one-eyed ten-pin phallus called Wenlock or Mandeville – the creepy monsters come dressed as a Beefeater or Palace guard – friendship bracelets (£110! Each!!!), die-cast vehicles (replicas of a London bus and a black can (available in white, pink, red, blue and orange) and “fine jewellery” that looks a lot like the fine stuff they flog in Argos.
Who buys this stuff? Is it just collectors, looking to keep it in the pristine box for decades before bequeathing it to a lucky relative, who will put it up for sale at a disappointingly low price?
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Paralympic athlete Mandip Sehmi (centre, front) with LOCOG chief executive Paul Deighton (centre, rear) with London 2012 mascots, British Airways ambassadors and children from Cranford Primary School in Hounslow; Avrey Santos (middle row, left), Samira Ali (middle row, 2nd left), Zain Malik (middle row, 3rd right), Royan Sal (middle row, 2nd right) and Gurleen Thind (middle row, right) as they open the first official London 2012 Olympic Store at Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport.
Posted: 1st, March 2011 | In: Sports Comments (2) | TrackBack | Permalink
